Education reform heads to full Senate
With no debate, a Senate committee approved a substitute version of Gov. Roy Barnes' education reform package on Monday and sent it on for a vote by the full body later this week.

Briefs
The Guyton City Council approved a franchise agreement Monday with Mallard Cablevision -- but only after the company agreed to cough up a little rent.

Public meeting format missed mark, Johnson says
Johnson, the only commission member to attend, was visibly annoyed by Campos' method of using small groups of officials and online professionals to define the problem rather than simply address potential solutions.

Vox Populi, the voice of the people
To the caller who doesn't like to play golf, like wrestling or NASCAR or country music -- why not move North and see if a good polka and hockey is more to your liking.

Literacy center opens doors
Warehouse workers, ministers, housewives and teen-agers have all walked through the doors of the Bryan Adult Literacy Education centers. And for many, that is the hardest part.

Senate panel yanks rail funding
Plans for passenger-rail service in Georgia took a hit Monday when a Senate committee voted to cut funding for several projects from the state's mid-year budget supplement.

House gives nod to expanding PeachCare
PeachCare for Kids provides health insurance to uninsured children with family incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for the poor, but too low to afford private insurance.

Parent University a success
This weekend, at least 200 students giggled in the hallways of Garrison Elementary School. In the classrooms, they whispered secrets, took and traded an occasional note and laughed at the jokes the teachers made while lecturing.

Armstrong narrows presidential candidate pool
A pool of seven presidential candidates, including two females, have visited Armstrong Atlantic State University recently and the campus search committee will select five finalists from that group this week.

Editorial: Laidlaw's new number
Parents with children in Savannah-Chatham County public schools who ride buses should write this telephone number down and keep it handy: 201-5591.

Letters to the editor
I am disgusted that the City of Savannah has allowed the religious heritage of the St. Patrick's Day observance to deteriorate during the past 20 years or so into a drunken party on River Street.

Council should speak on Stephens-Day
The last Savannah mayor who could legitimately claim to speak for City Council was John Rousakis. His Democratic political machine had much in common with a Swiss watch.

Editorial: McCain's major misstep
If South Carolina taught John McCain anything, it's that it is quite difficult to win a Republican primary -- even an open one -- by ignoring Republican voters.

Letters to the editor
The last time I read about how many drug abusers there are, it was about six percent of the population, and that statistic was from the general himself.

Editorial: Cremins follows the signs
Four mediocre seasons were enough to dim the brightness of his earlier, triumphant years on the hardwood, so Bobby Cremins bowed to the inevitable.

Editorial: Don't choke free speech
Speech takes many forms, from political pamphlets to editorial cartoons, all of them protected by the U.S. Constitution. Those free speech protections correctly extend to political advertising, both for and against candidates for public office.

Eagles whoosh by Wofford in OT
By turning in one of their best efforts of the season Tuesday night, Georgia Southern earned the right to be second best in the South Division of the Southern Conference.